Chapter 919 The Sleeping Detective
"Sorry, sorry, I was really sorry just now..."
"Really, how could someone get hit by someone else's dog while bending down to pick up trash? Then I lost my balance and almost ran off the road..." Suzuki Sonoko readjusted her headband, crossed her arms and complained, "Should I say you are really unlucky, or should I say your body is too uncoordinated..."
"Yeah, well..." The boy with a pair of big round glasses on his face smiled bitterly, "Anyway, thank you. If I hadn't bumped into you, I might have really fallen onto the road. Went. The situation just now was dangerous.”
When he rushed over, the sidewalk was still red, so several people stopped and waited on the side of the road. It was difficult not to fall off the sidewalk at this time. car accident.
"I'm the kind of person who if I accidentally drop a piece of bread, it's 100% likely that the buttered side will be down. However, the physical aspect is indeed..." He raised his head as he spoke and looked carefully. Looking at the faces of Lingmu Yuanzi and Mao Lilan, his expression suddenly changed, "Hey, you look familiar. Have we met somewhere?"
Conan, who was holding his head and was also dizzy, glanced at him sideways.
This way of striking up a conversation is no longer a question of whether it is old-fashioned or not. Who on earth would make such a conversation...
"Oh, yes, I have indeed seen you!" Yingyou nodded suddenly, "You are , Detective Mouri Kogoro’s daughter, right? Although I haven’t seen you formally interviewed or anything, I often see you in reports...”
“Eh?” “Moori?” Lan pointed at herself in surprise.
As Mouri Kogoro's fame has grown, of course everyone who knows Maori Lan knows her family background, but it is indeed rare for her father to be recognized alone when her father is not around.
“Of course, you are so beautiful, it’s very impressive.” Eiyu Hondo laughed, “Besides, Detective Kogoro Mouri is my most admired detective. I’ve read a lot of his Report.”
Speaking of this, he seemed to have reacted and looked at the three people standing together: "So, you are also in the second grade Group B?"
"You are..." You know his purpose well. Tang Ze raised his eyebrows and asked knowingly.
Hondo Yingyu smiled with his eyes bent.
When he smiled like this, Conan narrowed his eyes.
Both because of the excessive attention he showed to Mao Lilan, and also because of his current face.
When Hondou Eyou's eyes curved due to his smile, the childlike look on his face would disappear a lot as his round eyes narrowed. He has very similar genetic characteristics to Mizu no Reina. It was completely exposed.
"Hello, my name is Bentang Yingyu, and I just transferred to Didan today. From now on, I will be your classmate!"
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"Well, so, this guy actually chose our class for Xiaolan."
Looking at our class teacher Yingyou being led in, he stood on the podium awkwardly like Tang Ze who had just transferred to another school. After introducing himself, Suzuki Sonoko at the front table suddenly leaned back and said this to Karasawa.
"Yes, I saw him asking questions around Mr. Lan along the way." Tang Ze nodded noncommittally.
"Well, I have to say, the method is quite clever." Suzuki Sonoko touched her chin and muttered softly, "I admire the other party's father, and the other party's father is also a celebrity. He is indeed a very convincing person. What an excuse..."
"Sonoko, do you think..." Thinking of something interesting, the corners of Karasawa's mouth curled up.
The real reason why Hondo Eiyou came to Yoneka Town was definitely not such a superficial reason. The main reason was that Karasawa remembered how this guy took off Conan's vest.
I like classmate Mao Lilan. I told Conan directly that he broke the defense. He was a level A and the opponent had a full set of skills and ultimate moves.
"What else?" Suzuki Sonoko stared at Hondo Eisuke on the stage with a scrutinizing gaze, "Just because you want to get good luck? Would anyone really make such a hasty decision? Moreover, Although Uncle Maori is a bit outrageous, he is indeed a capable detective. Isn’t this just luck?” .
How should I put it, although the reason is indeed made up nonsense. If you look into it carefully, it is indeed a bit weird to say that a detective became famous because of good luck, but what I said is really right.
If you want to take advantage of your luck, especially if you want to take advantage of Mouri Kogoro's sudden fortune and fame, you have really found the right person to find Mao Lilan.
“——I hope I can get along well with you all in the future!”
While the two of them were whispering, Hondo Yingyu on the stage had already completed his self-introduction with a smile on his face, and said to the class teacher After he could choose an open seat at will, he walked back almost without any pause and took a seat next to Karasawa.
As soon as Tangze turned his head, he faced the bright smiling face of the hall Eyou.
"I secretly heard what you were saying just now." I didn't show any shyness like a stranger who transferred to school on the first day. He leaned over and replied in a low voice, "It sounds a bit strange. , Well, but you will know later.”
Before the teacher's eyes could shift, he turned back and put his stationery on the table.
“Some people are indeed destined to not have everything go smoothly as soon as they are born.”
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“Huh? She looks like Shui Wu Liannai A high school student?" Mouri Kogoro lowered the newspaper and sat up straighter when he heard Mao Lilan say, "You admire me?"
< br>"Yes. He recognized me at a glance. It seems that he has indeed read a lot of your reports." Mao Lilan put the water glass in his hand, "He said he wanted to come to our place to have a look. I think Anyway, this is a detective agency. Regardless of whether he is my classmate or not, he is free to enter if he wants to, so I agreed.”
"The high school student who worships me instead of Akechi's kid, and he looks like Rena Mizuna..." Mouri Kogoro's waist suddenly straightened up, and it was obvious that he was not listening carefully to what she said next, "This is terrible It’s really rare.”
“I mean, Dad.” Mao Lilan glanced at him, “You are a celebrity now. It’s not nice to hear this.”
Although it is true. That’s the truth.
The image of Kogoro Mouri is actually pretty good as a detective.
Maybe he may not be so handsome, but he is not bad at all. After all, why should a person with poor foundation give birth to a beautiful girl daughter? He relies on genetic mutation and has many years of career as a criminal police officer. Exercise, I’m middle-aged , although the body has declined due to laziness and unhealthy living habits, at least it is not out of shape or deformed. He can still take Fei Yingli out to a candlelight dinner without being looked at strangely. In fact, it is in line with everyone's expectations of an ideal detective. imagination.
However, the image of Goro Akechi has been so popular recently.
The advantages of appearance, the glamorous background, the flawless business...
If given the choice, most people will still look forward to people of similar age. In the underage group, Akechi Goro's popularity is at its peak. "Just telling the truth." Mouri Kogoro curled his lips, "You don't know what price the waiter downstairs, the one named Amuro, negotiated with that guy who was also a black man last time... Hey, I suddenly felt that there was someone The agent is also good.”
For Mouri Kogoro, who makes a living as a private detective, he doesn’t really care about such illusory things as fame. At most, when he sees that Goro Akechi can turn these resources into tangible commission fees, Just a little sour.
The demand for detectives in Tokyo is still very high. Although he is considered a public figure, his income has increased a lot.
As for high school detectives, no matter how famous they are, Kudo Shinichi or Hattori Heiji, they cannot threaten consulting detectives like him. The two are not essentially the same route, so even if they are compared, He doesn't mean much either.
But after learning from his daughter how Toru Amuro convinced Hattori Heiji to cooperate with their agency’s request to introduce new talents, participate in that variety show, and hear the clear price tag, he was really sad. .
It’s just a variety show, and there are no serious murder cases.
It is a good thing to expose a rookie's mistake, but 800,000 yen, this is too good...
"Hattori has worked hard as a detective for so long, and this is the only time he has earned money. Do you have to mind this?" Mao Lilan couldn't help but laugh as she listened to his ramble, "Your admirer will be here soon. , pay attention to your image, dad."
I felt quite dumbfounded, but the smile on the corner of Mao Lilan's mouth was a little happy and calm.
In the past, Kogoro Mouri rarely talked about such topics with his daughter, even when his income began to increase after he became famous.
Even though many things at home are left to his daughter to take care of, the real financial power is still in his own hands. Mao Lilan has nothing to say about his squandering.
Nowadays, she can hear her father and herself complaining about work, colleagues and life. There is a certain atmosphere that has been missing for too long, and she can never suppress the corners of her mouth.
Just as Mouri Kogoro was about to say something, there was a regular knocking sound on the office door, followed by the sound of the door handle turning.
Mouri Kogoro, who was casually slumped in the sofa chair, suddenly sat up straight, propped up his cheek with one hand, and flipped through the briefing book in front of him with the other hand. His voice became deep and deep at the same time.
"Xiaolan, could you please make me a cup of coffee? The coffee you didn't make seems to be unable to wake up my 'sleeping' brain cells..."
"... Huh?”
“What are you doing, rehearsing a play?”
The corners of Conan's and Suzuki Sonoko's mouths kept twitching at the same frequency as they opened the door.
It’s not a matter of image or lack of image, Mouri Kogoro simply has the expression of wanting to show off written all over his face.
"What, why is it you." Hearing the familiar voice, Mouri Kogoro looked up and saw their faces, and relaxed suddenly.
"What happened just now? What's wrong, a reporter came to the office to interview you today?" Suzuki Sonoko raised her eyebrows strangely.
"Don't mention it, he probably thought he had thought of a particularly good pun line just now, and it was very stylish." Conan put down his schoolbag and glanced at Mouri Kogoro with an expression that saw you through.
"My classmate said he wanted to go home. It's not good to come to visit in school uniform. It's too informal." Mao Lilan slammed the coffee into his hand, "The coffee you want, Dad."
"It took me a long time, but it turned out to be you." Mouri Kogoro curled his lips, "Where is the little beauty?"
"Little beauty? Oh, I said so." Suzuki Sonoko's expression immediately changed. He became contemptuous, "No wonder, if you knew he was a high school boy, you wouldn't be so excited at all."
"A man?" Mouri Kogoro's expression completely collapsed, "I told you earlier, You keep saying that he looks like that host... Really, I even asked Akechi for advice..."
Conan choked as he put the water glass to his mouth.
...Let me tell you, the sudden change of face just now seemed inexplicably familiar...
"Didn't you still say before..."
"What do you know? Only those who know you Opponents, only by constantly improving can they have the possibility of winning in the competition..."
"That..."
When the office was bustling, behind them, the office opened wide There was a sound outside the door.
"Is this the Maori Detective Agency?"
Feeling a reflexive tingling in his head, Conan took a step forward from the door without thinking.
Sure enough, in the next moment, a figure fell upside down into the door of the office and hit the floor in a prostrate posture.
Conan, who had predicted in advance, still did not survive. He was hit in the back of the head by the flying round glasses. He covered his head in pain and screamed.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I seemed to have tripped over something just now..."
Hondo Eiyu, who appeared in the same posture again, groped the ground in a panic, and soon turned in Conan's direction.
He kept saying: "This is the famous Mr. Detective! First time meeting you, Detective Maori! It's such an honor to meet you!"
In his hand Conan, who was holding his glasses frame, looked at the smiling expression on his face and the eyelids that seemed to be squeezed together due to myopia, unable to see clearly in front of him, but he felt the hairs on his back stand up slightly.
The subtle temperament that this guy who looks very similar to Rena Mizuna showed when he smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes was actually the same as what he had seen outside Akechi Goro's dressing room that day. Shui Wu Lian Nai is so similar.
Theoretically, the real detective is not Kogoro Mori.
The current Mouri Kogoro is, at best, a qualified private detective. The voice that supports the name of this famous detective is the voice hidden behind the sleeping Moori Kogoro, that is, Conan himself.
Seeing that his face was facing him directly, and it didn't look like he had mistakenly recognized it simply because he couldn't see clearly, Conan's mouth straightened.
Is this guy really unable to see clearly, or is he taking this opportunity to test something?
(End of this chapter)